The Dracula Papers are disclosed

A previously secret cache of documents concerning the shadowy figure known to some as Count Dracula has now been unearthed. In this year of Our Lord, 2011, on the 19th of January, those documents are released to the world, for good or ill.

“I must solemnly warn readers not to scan these pages in a spirit of idle curiosity. I place this work before them to shed some light on the darkness which hides in every human breast…”

The first volume of four to be disclosed, The Scholar’s Tale treats of the early life of Prince Vlad Dracul, as told by Martin Bellorius, a doctor at the University of Wittenberg in the year 1576. It takes us across Europe to the wilds of Transylvania, and beyond, taking in its purview sorcerers, bandit queens, great battles, passionate liaisons, a mechanical tortoise, and much more.

Playwright, actor and theatre director Reggie Oliver resurrects from history’s tenebrous and legend-haunted grave the living Dracula as his terrible destiny takes shape before him – a stormy road of adventure, horror and heartbreak whose twists have till now been shrouded in darkness.

A tale of origins like no other, this book promises to enthral both admirers of Bram Stoker’s original work, and those who have yet to sample its chill delights.

“[The Dracula Papers] has blown away every novel I’ve read this year so far.”

Johnny Mains, writing in December, 2010.

Praise for Reggie’s previous fiction:

The Dreams of Cardinal Vittorini (Haunted River 2003)
“Oliver’s sharp eye for character and ear for dialogue never desert him…. Reggie Oliver rediscovers many if not all the qualities which make the English Ghost Story classic.”

Ramsey Campbell, Dark Horizons 2003

A brief and adapted extract from The Dracula Papers, Book I: The Scholar’s Tale, entitled The Wounds of Exile was published as an Ex Occidente limited edition, now sold out. Of it, the writer, publisher and editor D.F. Lewis wrote: “Poignancy in love, farcical and dream-consistent, this novella is a masterpiece…”

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